Facebook Flooded with Complaints After Messages ‘bug’

The social network was deluged with complaints from members who claimed their old private messages have been re-published publicly on the social network.

Facebook admitted old messages were reappearing on profiles but quickly denied that there had been a privacy breach, as the messages were old public messages.

It appeared that members were shown old public “wall” postings that they wrongly believed were private messages. Observers said the outcry showed how the way people use Facebook has changed, as they have become more aware of their privacy online.